Environmental Searches

Law Society advice is that solicitors must consider whether contamination is an issue in a conveyance and that they should undertake independent site history investigation. This can be achieved with an environmental report from York Place. We supply a complete range of searches for residential and commercial properties from the leading specialists in this area. The reports all reveal information not found in a local authority search and can contribute to a purchaser's peace of mind.

Residential

Product Name

Provider

Summary

Suitable for

Homescreen

Groundsure

An entry level residential environmental report that covers contaminated land risks together with some basic flood data (river and coastal) and some man-made hazards including Radon.

All residential transactions

Envirosearch

Landmark

Landmark's premium residential report. Provides an overall risk of contaminated land along with a flood screen and mapping, ground stability data, radon and environmental factors, such as HS2, fracking, wind farms data

All residential transactions

Homecheck Pro Environmental

Landmark

Provides an overall risk of contaminated land along with basic flood information and mapping, ground stability data and a radon alert

Groundsure's Homebuyers Plus report is a new residential environmental risk report, an enhanced version of the existing Homebuyers report which will keep your transaction moving faster. This report is based on Land Registry polygons (the original Homebuyers is point based), and has several new features, vastly improved layout, design and clearer navigation - all improving conveyancer workflow.

All residential transactions

FCI Essential

Future Climate Info

Analyses Environmental and Flood data with a professional opinion on each element.

All residential transactions

FCI Standard

Future Climate Info

Analyses Environmental, Flood and Ground Stability data with a professional opinion on each element.

All residential transactions

FCI Premium

Future Climate Info

Analyses Environmental, Flood, Ground Stability and Energy & Infrastructure data with a professional opinion on each element.

Avista is the most comprehensive environmental search report available with seven key searches. The unique and powerful Groundsure IQ engine analyses over 106 million data points to produce every Avista report. These include data on Contaminated Land, all four major flood risks, ground stability, radon, current and planned energy features and transportation, and 10 years of planning data.

All residential transactions

Commerical - Environmental only

Product Name

Provider

Summary

Suitable for

Sitesolutions Commercial

Argyll

A premium contaminated land and flood risk assessment that goes beyond the basic requirements of the Law Society Practice Note to pinpoint risk and liability for complete assurance

High value or complex commercial transactions including redevelopment deals

Sitecheck Assess

Landmark

A detailed contaminated land risk report with a professional opinion with flood screen

Standard commercial property transactions or portfolio screening where no development or change of use is proposed

Groundsure Screening

Groundsure

A report compiled from the fullest environmental datasets together with detailed environmental risk opinion.

Standard commercial transactions, multi-site property portfolios and also for large estates and landholdings.

Combined Products

Product Name

Provider

Summary

Suitable for

Sitesolutions Combined

Argyll

Combines a detailed contaminated land assessment with a full flood risk assessment both manually assessed by a consultant

High value or complex commercial transactions including redevelopment deals

Sitecheck Combined

Landmark

Contaminated land and flood risk assessment including a manual review of high detailed historical maps and assessment of all the main sources of flooding

Standard commercial transactions

Groundsure Screening and Floodview

Groundsure

A single comprehensive report combining a fully interpreted flood risk opinion, while indemnifying clients with the most authoritative contamination screening report.

Standard commercial transactions

Groundsure Review

Groundsure

The leading environmental report with the unique combination of standard environmental liability issues and detailed flood risk assessment supporting the Law Society and RICS Red Book requirements.